Polishing compound.



PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. TAYLOR, LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

POLISHING COMPOUND;

983,783. No Drawing.

To all who m tt mag concern:

Be itknown that I, CHARLES S. TAYLOR,

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.. means by regularly and strenuously rubbing are as follows: gum shellac 4 ounces, alcohol. I 1% plnts, ethervl ounce, raw linseed oil 1} pint,

balsam fir ounce, Venice turpentine 13' This invention relates to polishing compounds for use on wood surfaces requirmg a finish in addition to the varnish, lacquer,

or other covering, or it may be applied to surfaces of other materials where ap licable. The polishing compound is in liquid form and may be readily applied with a cloth or other analogous device without liability of injuring the surface to which it is applied and rendered effective as a high polishing the same after it isapplied.

The essential object of the invention is to produce a durable liquid polish that may be easily applied, readily hardens, and one which will avoid the collection of dirt or dust thereon afterit is fully and properly applied.

A further object of the invention is to provide a liquid polish that is not only applicable to painted, varnished, or stained surfaces, but may also be used on bare or natural wood and which will not change color by contact with hot or cold water, soaps, or the juices of fruit, and, further, will not easily scratch or become marred.

The compound and preferred proportions ounce.

The gum shellac may be either the white' or orange and the quantity above mentioned is first placed in a receptacle and the alcohol added thereto together with the ether to thoroughly dissolve the shellac. In another receptacle is placed the raw linseed oil, the balsam fir, and Venice turpentine, and when the ingredients in the two receptacles are thoroughl dissolved and commingled they are place in one receptacle and thoroughly lfnixed andthe compound will then be ready or use.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. August 5, 1910. Serial No. 575,777.

Patented Feb. '7, 1911.

The polishing properties and advantages in the use of shellac are well known, and it is also a characteristic of shellac that it hardens very rapidly, and unless some material is used to obstruct this rapid hardening its benefits as a filler or scratch coverer and polishing material are not as advantageously obtained and hence the balsam fir is used in conjunction with the raw linseed oil and Venice turpentine, the said balsam fir toughening the shellac andpreventing it from bardening too rapidly and also making it more impervious .to the action of water or moisture. It will be understood, of course, that the alcohol and'ether are used to dissolve the shellac and that the raw linseed oil gives body to the compound. The use of Venice turpentine causes the preparation or compound to easily polish and the compound as a whole in view of the ingredients used does not have any cutting efi'ect,'especially upon varnish or painted surfaces.

It is proposed to furnish the polishing compound in liquid form in accordance with the foregoin formula'in tin cans, or it may be put 'up in ottles, as may be desired.

In its use the compound is applied with a cloth or other means to the surface to be polished and subjected to friction by a high rubbin action, the more friction set up by the rub ing action the higher the polish obtained. The polishing compound when properly applied and when thoroughly rubbedto render the samedr forms a durable body of polish on the sur ace towhlch 1t is applied and' will be found particularly advant'ageous for the purposes for which it has been devised.

What-is claimed as new is:

The herein described polishing compound, consisting of. gum shellac, alcohol, ether, raw linseed o1l, balsam fir, and Venice turpentine, in about the proportions mentioned.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES S TAYLOR.

' -Witnesses:

OLIN B. SELLEN, Grmnms F. DALY. 

